Hydrochloric Acid → 4-Iodobenzyl alcohol

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To a stirred solution of p-iodobenzoic acid (5 mmole) in a dry tetrahydrofuran (20 ml) at -70° is added a suspension of lithium aluminum hydride (10 mmole) in tetrahydrofuran (10 ml). The mixture is allowed to warm to 0° and stirred at 0° for 2 hours. The reaction mixture is then poured into a dilute hydrochloric acid -- ice mixture and extracted with ether. The ether extract is washed with dilute bicarbonate solution, washed, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated to dryness. Chromatography of the residue on a silica gel gives p-iodobenzyl alcohol.

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